# voluta
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin volūta (“a spiral scroll”). See volute.

### Noun

voluta (plural volutas or volutae)
* (zoology) Any of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.

### See also

* voluta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* voluta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

## Czech
### Etymology

Latin volvo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvoluta]
* Rhymes: -uta

### Noun

voluta f
* (architecture) volute

#### Related terms

* devoluce
* devolutivní
* evoluce
* evolucionismus
* evolucionista
* evolucionistický
* involuce
* koevoluce
* kontrarevoluce
* kontrarevolucionář
* konvoluce
* revolta
* revoluce
* revolucionář
* revolver
* volt
* volta
* voluminózní

### Further reading

* “voluta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “voluta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /voˈlu.ta/
* Rhymes: -uta
* Hyphenation: vo‧lù‧ta

### Etymology 1
#### Participle

voluta f sg
* feminine singular of voluto

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin volūta, from the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō.

#### Noun

voluta f (plural volute)
* spiral, volute, curl
* wreath

##### Related terms

* volta

### Anagrams

* valuto, valutò

## Latin
### Etymology 1

Noun use of the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō.

#### Noun

volūta f (genitive volūtae); first declension
* a spiral scroll
* a spiral decoration

##### Declension

volūta f (genitive volūtae); first declension

##### Descendants

* Catalan: volta
* → English: volute
* Old French: volte
** → Middle English: vaute, vaut, vawt, vawte, voghte, volte, vout, voute, vowt, vowte, wate, waute, wawte, woute
*** English: vault
*** Scots: vowt
*** → Welsh: fowt
** French: voûte, → volute (learned)
* Hungarian: bolt
* Italian: voluta, volta
* Occitan: vòlta, vouta
* Portuguese: abóbada, voluta
* Romanian: boltă, volută
* Sicilian: vota
* Spanish: voluta, bóveda

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

volūta
* inflection of volūtus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

#### Participle

volūtā
* ablative feminine singular of volūtus

##### Descendants

* Catalan: volta
* Istriot: vuolta
* Italian: volta
** → English: volta
** → French: volte
*** → English: volte
* Spanish: vuelta
** → Tagalog: buwelta

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

volūtā
* second-person singular present active imperative of volūtō

### References

* “voluta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* voluta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin voluta.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /voˈlu.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /voˈlu.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /voˈlu.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vuˈlu.tɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vuˈlu.tɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /buˈlu.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: vo‧lu‧ta

### Noun

voluta f (plural volutas)
* (architecture) volute

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin voluta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /boˈluta/ [boˈlu.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -uta
* Syllabification: vo‧lu‧ta

### Noun

voluta f (plural volutas)
* wisp (of smoke)
* (architecture) volute

### Further reading

* “voluta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10